Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15896, John Emerson, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. H.
Emerson, John Mary
N 15896
CONTENTS

3495 New Hampshire
Mary Emerson, widow of John Emerson, decd., who died on the 15th March 1817 of Strafford in the State of N. H. who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Dinsmore of the N. H. Regt. by Col. N. H. in the N. H. Mil- itia for 8 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Portsmouth at the rate of 28 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Jan'y 1841, & sent to and David Murray, Esq., New Market, N. H.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $283.33 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 41 14.16
$297.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3d }
Recorded by D. M. Cundy, Clerk Book C, Vol. 1, Page 25.

State of New Hampshire Strafford ss
A.D 1839
On this. Twentieth day of May personally appeared before Daniel C. Atkinson Judge of Probate of Wills &c for the County of Strafford & State of New Hampshire Mary Emerson a Resident of Wakefield in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire aged eighty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4th 1836 That she is the widow of John Emerson who was a private in the Army of the Revolution he enlisted in the fall of 1775 under Capt Elijah Dummer & marched to Winter hill near Boston & served six months one other service of six weeks was under Capt Smith Emerson at Great Island near Pook's mouth N.H. what year I do not recollect his last service was in 1777 in the Spring he en- listed under Capt Dummer and marched to Ticonderoga & served six months She further declares that she was married to the said John Emerson in the month of May Seventeen hundred and sixty seven that her husband the aforesaid John Emerson died on the fifteenth day of March Eighteen hundred and seventeen and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully

disappear by reference to the proof hereto annexed She further declares that she has no document any evidence in support of the Claim At the time of his services he lived in Leeds & etc
her Mary X Emerson mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before me - and I certify the applicant to be a person of veracity and that she cannot from bodily infirmity attend the court - and that this declaration was taken at her dwelling house in Wakefield
Daniel C. Atkinson Judge of Probate
State of New Hampshire
Stratford P. I. Ira A. Eastman Register of Probate of said county hereby certify that Daniel C. Atkinson is Judge of Probate of said county and that the above signa- ture purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the court of Probate of said county this seventeenth day of May A.D. 1899 -
Ira A. Eastman Register of Probate

I Polly Beckford Daughter of John and Mary Gammerson aged sixty eight years do hereby say That I distinctly recollect that my Father went into the Service in the Revolutionary War he was out two Campaigns one Campaign was to Cambridge I should think one year & while he was gone this time he lost a Child a Sister of mine The other Campaign was to Saratoga how long I do not recollect at the time he went into the Service he lived in Lee State of New Hampshire County of Strafford after the Revolutionary War my Father & his family moved to Wolfborough State & County aforesaid my Father died in March 1819 and my Mother is still living a widow woman and has not been married since my Father died
Attest
Thos J Gilbert
Joseph Bickford
Polly her x Beckford mark
State of New Hampshire Strafford ss May 9th 1839 Then Personally appearing the above named Polly Beckford a Lady whom testimony is entitled in my Opinion to full credit and make oath that the above affidavit by her subscribed is true before me Thos J Gilbert Justice of Peace

Childrens Births
John Emerson Was Born March the 13 th 1743
1269
Mary Emerson Was Born November the 2 nd 1750
Childrens age
First Born January the 12 th 17
Solomon Emerson Was Born Tuesday 3 rd Clock after
Polly Emerson Was Born the 2 nd Sunday 11 th Clock at Night
Hannah Emerson Was Born 21 st Sunday 1 st Clock after Noon
Nancy Emerson Was Born Saturday 5 th Clock after Noon

David Emerson Was Born May 24 th Wedne d five o'clock after noon 1777
Haby Emerson Was Born may 20 th Tuesday 5 morning 1780
Abigail Still Born Decem r 6 th 1782
John Emerson Was Born March the 1 st Wed n 8 at night 1784
Abigail Emerson Was Born Mar 1 st Wed n 8 at night 1787
Moses Emerson Was Born Septem 20 th Saturday 2 in morning 1788
Abigail Emerson Was Born Apr 20 th Saturday 9 morn 1792

Children's Death First Born Dyed Janu y 12 th 1766 Sarah Em e Dyed Janu y 1 st 1776 Mary Dyed Decemb r 9 th 1782 Betty Dyed August 17 th 1787 Polly Dyed August 13 th 1797 Nancy Dyed Septemb r 2 nd 1797
1839 65 41

What for Nat Hide Emerson Was Born August the 18 th Thursday half after 7 at night 1796
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Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15896
Mary Emerson Widow of John Emerson Pri Rev War
Act July 4 th 86
Index: Vol. 11 , Page 214
[Arrangement of 1870.]

N. Hampshire.
Mary Emerson widow of John
See letter to Thos. J. Fitchett. Aug. 10 th 1839 - to do do 6 Sep 1839 to do Oct. 26 th 1839 to do 12 Novr 39 20 March 1840 to Hon. A. Eastman
Act H th July, 1836

Mary Emerson Ma of Ino.
(N.H.)
Ad July 4 1831.
Married 1767
died 1817
Allow 8 o per
$ 28 o per ann
pm 4 March 1831
Dear Mary E.
Newmarket
N.H.

I Samuel Hyle of Ossipee in the County of Strafford & State of New Hampshire Aged Sixty Six years do Testify and say That I have been acquainted with John Emerson who has been several years he at the time of his revolutionary services lived in the Town of Lee State aforesaid and I was ten years of age I knew him while he lived in Lee & after he moved into Wolfborough until he died
in 1777 I distinctly Recollect that the above named John Emerson in the Spring of the year went to Londonderry where a Capt Denmore as a Continental Soldier & served six months & I distinctly Recollect of hearing him relate several times not many years before his death his services under Capt Denmore to Londonderry
Samuel Hyle
Strafford ss Ossipee April 10 th 1839 State of New Hampshire
Then the above named Samuel Hyle who is considered by the public a man of truth and integrity & I fully coincide in that opinion personally appeared and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is just and true according to his belief before me
Thos J Tibbetts Justice Peace

I Samuel Willey of Conway N H of Lawful age, being eighty six years old, depose testify & say that I was well acquainted with John Emerson formerly of Lee N H a Blacksmith. Said John Emerson enlisted in the autumn of seventeen hundred & seventy five in the said Company with me under the late Capt Ely's Denson and marched to Winter Hill near Boston. At which place & its vicinity we were stationed during the following winter and were discharged the latter part of April or the first of May following as near as I can recollect. Said Emerson served the same term with me which as near as I can recollect was six months. Mr Emerson was a married man in 1775 when he was at Winter Hill with me - His Wife's maid in name was Hyde - The same John Emerson moved to Wolfborough near the close of the Revolution & there lived till his death, never told to my knowledge having had but one wife, the above named Hyde. -
Sam Willey
State of New Hampshire
Stratford N H May 10 1839 - Then the above Samuel Willey Esquire, who is considered by the Public a man of truth & integrity of character, & I fully concur in that opinion, appearing made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is just & true before me
James Willey Justice of the Peace

I Elijah Densmore of Conway N. H. of lawful age, being seventy six years old, depose, testify and say, that I was well acquainted with John Emerson, formerly of Lee N. H. a Blacksmith. --- Said John Emerson enlisted in the autumn of seventeen hundred & seventy five in the same Company with me under my father the late Capt Elijah Densmore and marched to Winter Hill near Boston At which place & its vicinity we were stationed during the following Winter and were discharged the latter part of April or the first of May following as near as I can recollect. Said Emerson served the same term with me, which as near as I can recollect was six months. I am not certain of Emerson's having performed any other Revolution any service. I am of opinion that he served six weeks with me under Capt Smith Emerson at Great Island near Portsmouth N. H. --- Mr Emerson was a married man in 1775 when he was at Winter hill with me. His wife's maiden name was Hyde. The same John Emerson moved to Wolfborough near the close of the Revolution & there lived till his death, never to my knowledge having had but one wife, the above named Hyde
Elijah Densmore
Strafford ss State of New Hampshire May 10 1839 - Then the above named Elijah Densmore, who is considered by the Public as a person of truth & integrity of character, & I fully concur in that opinion, personally appearing made on the that the above Affidavit by him subscribed is just & true before me
Jason Willey Justice Peace

State of New Hampshire Shafford p. I Ira A. Eastman Register of Probate of said county hereby certify that the within named Thomas J. Tibbetts was on the tenth day of April last past and on the nineteenth day of May instant a Justice of the peace duly commissioned within and for said county & that the within signature purporting to be his are genuine. Also that James Milley within named was on the tenth day of May instant a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned within and for said county and that the within signature purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Probate of said county this twentieth day of May A.D. 1839.
Ira A. Eastman Register of Probate

May Emma. RH
Has J. Hartman HR

We Samuel Willey and Elijah Densmore both of lawful age depose, testify and say that we enlisted under the late Capt Elijah Densmore (then or formerly called Denbo) some time in the latter part of the summer or the first of the autumn of 1775 as near as we can recollect. John Emerson of Lee N.H. the place of our then residence enlisted in Densmore's Company at the same time. Some considerable time after the said John Emerson, we & the rest of the Company had enlisted, we marched to Exeter. There Capt Densmore received his Commission. From Exeter we marched to Mystic in the vicinity of Boston, where we quartered in private houses according to the best of our recollection from two to three months & perhaps longer. From thence we moved to Cambridge & took up our Quarters in the Barracks lately left by the troops when their time was out. We were there, when the British Army evacuated Boston. In their departure from Boston, the principal part of Gen Washington's army moved on to the south after them, Capt Densmore's Company were ordered to remain at Cambridge a while as a guard, not knowing but the British might return. We there remained a considerable time; we should think one or two months and were then dismissed and returned immediately home to Lee. We feel very confident from the best of our recollection that from the time the said Emerson & we enlisted

to the time of our discharge we must have served six months or more. We started from Lee as above stated & returned the next spring on bare ground. The said John Emerson remained with us during the whole time. Soon after our return to Lee we moved to Conway N. H., where we now live & are Revolutionary Pensioners. We do not know whether D. Emerson served in any other campaign or not.
Sam Willey Elijah Dinsmore
State of New Hampshire
Stafford ss The twenty eighth day of January A D 1840. Then the above named Samuel Willey & Elijah Dinsmore, who are considered men of truth & integrity in the country where they are known & I concur in that opinion, personally appearing made solemn oath that the above & foregoing deposition by them signed is just & true before me
James Willey Justice of Peace

State of New Hampshire Strafford county ss.
I Francis Cogswell, Clerk of the Superior Court for said County hereby certify that James Whitley is an acting Justice of the Peace as before stated within & for said County, and that I believe the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of said Court this 18th day of February 1840 Francis Cogswell Clerk.

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May 27.
May 20 Wm Lloyd Jones
Hon Secretary of War Washington City
July 1836
May 27th
Mr. [unclear] Washington

North Wootton May 20th 1839
Sir
we could furnish considerable more Circumstantial evidence in relation to Mr Emersons service but presume- ing you will find a record of his servi- ces in your Department I have thought it was sufficient to have proved that the said Emerson was a married man while he was in the service the marriage occurring under the English Government Viz 1767 & the mild testimony of their Chil- dren I have concluded were sufficient evidence on that point I have examined a record that Mrs Emerson was of the age of her Husband the said John Em- erson herself & their Children but find no record of the marriage of herself & husband I find by the Record that Mrs Emerson was born in 1750 & the Record agrees with the statement of Mr Bickford & David Em- erson two of their Children
With due respect I am your Obedient Servt
Hon Secretary of War
Thos J. Abbott

J 269. 3 Sept 24. '39.
Pension Office.
W.B.
Add proof
Mary Emerson

Wats William W.D. } June Sept 18 th }
Hon Secretary of War Washington City D.C.

North Wadsworth Sept 17th 1839
Sir I herewith inclose the the only record that the family have of the ages of John Emerson Wife & their Children As I believe the Copy I sent to you will agree very near
I am respectfully Your Obed Servant Thos J Tibbets
Hon Secretary of War.

Wm Lloyd Nov 4
Lincoln office Nov 11
Hon Secretary of War Washington City D.C.

North Washington N H Nov 3 rd 1839
Sir
I received your letter of Oct 26 th in relation to William Melony Emerson claiming that we must prove the services alleged to have been performed under Capt Dandridge at Ticonderoga. In reply I have to say that we do not know of a living witness who was ever with him in 1777. The Department is not satisfied with what evidence we have produced for their services & we trust it will be liberal in examining the records of the Department. The part of the claim will be denied unless The Department will therefore forward a Pension Certificate for what services they allow
I am very respectfully Your obed t Servant
Thos G. Libbey

New Haven Ct N.H. Dec 16. 1840
Sir-
Enclosed is evidence in support of the claim of Mary, the widow of John Emerson late of Wolfborough in the County of Strafford and, under the Act of July 7 th 1838. Dr Tibbetts of Wolfborough informs me that widow claimed for 6 mos at Cambridge in 75 and 6 mos at Siconderoga in 1777; and that it was admitted at the department that her late husband served 3 mos and 2 days at Cambridge in 1775. In regard to the last service, the widow made a mistake as to year, the service having been performed in 1776 and not in 1777 as stated by the claimant, although she was right in regard to the place where her husband served. I presume that he could not have been at Siconderoga in the Fall of 77, because, as I have been informed, that there were no American Troops there after June of that year. The service at Cambridge was under Capt Elijah Dinsmoor. Please re-examine her claim and communicate the result to the Subscriber.
I am, very respectfully, yourn Obet Servt; David Murray
James L Edwards Esqr Commissioner of Pensions Washington D C

John Emerson
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Winter Quarters of men raised for Canada in 1842. Evans & Col Badger's arguments mounted & paid by James Knowles Esdaile
Versus John Emerson in the room of John Pearl - over month's hay & bounty to men 9.8 Grand jury 7.6 Sum total 10.5.6
State of New-Hampshire Off. of Sec y of State
Nov 26 - 1840
I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true extract from the original now in this office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said State
Forster S. Cummings
Sec y of State
Capt Joseph Badger Comdr

M c Emerson (Lee) d. 1817 Mary M. 67 S d
75, 6 4 / 3 Ely Emerson Aug 29. 76 Off Badger on mill. on p 1. 12 Smith Emerson 1820 76 (at Great Island) 77. 6. Emerson. "h" 3
family Regts (reg)
* The Seina com d n Det area ended n March 76. Zone 11 d
Land Valley, int. autumn 75. dis d 11 May 76 Ely Emerson same (Em P.)
Allow, 4 mo. n 76 from 29 th ... at 4 1 / 2 mo from Dec 75 → 8 1 / 2 mo

by H. Braden. Capt. Ulysses Dinsmore's Ship
Aug 29 76
Ely Dinsmore left - Dec. 1832 m o pm Lee 1 Feb to Boston under his ... s. father - the latter had a life

Aug 22 Waterville M.H. August 23
Free
Gen Secretary of Work Washington City D.C. Miss. Correspondent May Emerson

Sheffield Wakefield August 22 d . 1839
Then Provocally appeared the with-innamed Abigail Emerson who in my opinion from thirty years acquaintance is a woman entitled to full credit & belief in matters solemn oaths to the truth of the within deposition by her subscribed before me Thos J Dibbets Justice Peace
North Wakefield N o 16 Aug 22 d 1839
The Dep t ment having the evidence of my Legality as a Justice Peace I forward the same without further cost In relation to the evidence you in- formed me about it appears to me that so many witnesses directly & indirectly cannot be received perhaps the Service might be in part out some other place With am respect Sir I am your O b d Serv t
Thos J Dibbets

I Abigail Emerson of Wakefield in the County of Stafford and State of Kentucky Shm aged fifty six years Daughter of John & Mary Emerson do hereby say That my Mother is living with me & she has employed Thos. Libbott to get a Pension for her I have a record of the Age of my Father John Emerson my Mother Mary Emerson & their Children in my possession & the following is a true Copy
John Emerson was Born March 11 th 1743 Mary Emerson was Born Dec. 2 nd = 1750 Children aged
 First Born January The 12 th - 1766  Solomon Emerson was Born June 9 th 1768  Polly Emerson was Born Dec 2 nd - 1771  Homerick Emerson was Born March 21 st - 1773  Mary Emerson was Born March 10 th 1775  Deborah Emerson was Born May 14 th 1777  Abigail Emerson was Born May 30 th 1780  one Still Born Dec r 9 th - - 1782  John Emerson was Born March 14 th 1784  Betsy Emerson was Born March 4 th 1787  Moses Emerson was Born Sept 20 th 1788  Peggy Emerson was Born April 7 th 1792  David Lytle Emerson was Born August 18 th 1796 
Attent Thos. Libbott  her Abigail Emerson mark
Eliza Wentworth

I Daniel Emerson of Wakefield in the County of Strafford & State of New Hampshire aged Sixty one years depose and say that I am a Son of John and Mary Emerson I distinctly recollect of seeing my Father State that he was out in the Revolutionary War two Campaigns how long each time I do not recollect but I think it was over a year each time one Campaign was to Cambridge the other to Ticonderoga at the time of his services he lived in Lee State and County aforesaid after the War was over my Father & his family moved to Wolfborough State and County aforesaid & then Dies on the 15th day of March 1817 my Mother is still living a Widow wo- man & has not been married since my Father's decease my Mother had five Children before me & three of them are now living I was always informed by my Parents that my Mother was married to my Father when she was in her seventeenth year
Daniel Emerson
State of New Hampshire Strafford ss May 9th 1839 Then Personally appearing the above named Daniel Emerson whom Testimony in my Opinion is entitled to full credit and made oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is true before me Thos. Gilbert Justice Peace